I Can Change The World

Ok, well, let's be honest. I probably can't. However... I can change my attitude. At any moment I can dominate my outward personality with positive thoughts or actions. Additionally, my simplest change in attitude can affect the people around me.
Example: I've been struggling keeping my smile right side up because of what I like to call - soul searching. Being introspective can kind of be a drag at times. Well during all this soul searching I was commissioned to make a cake for my church's yard/bake sale. I did - begrudgingly. Now once those old ladies at the church saw my 'masterpiece' (they maybe went a little far with the compliments) one of them came forward and asked if I wouldn't mind making a sugar free dessert for the diabetics the following night for a congregational supper. Who was I to say no. The great master baker that I am... Not! Even though I really didn't want to go through the trouble, I made the blasted sugar free cake and even whipped up some tasty sugar free frosting to top it all off - bah'humbug!

They loved it!
I was showered with hugs and many thanks.
It actually made my heart smile.

I don't often sit around sulking or pouting when I'm soul searching but recently my 'tude is just in a rut. I am trying hard to keep positive but when you face a huge hurdle sometimes it is hard to see the reward at finishing... But I guess, I can't forget how far I have come! And switching gears out of that "funk" was easy when I went ahead and took a forward step to make someone else's day. It was really no sweat. I put my attitude aside and in return received warmth and love. I was commissioned to make another cake last night. This time for a funeral reception. One of those old ladies, well, she died Wednesday very unexpectedly.
Her daughter, in her mid-forties, was one of the diabetics that thanked me profusely for the sweet gesture of a cake this past Sunday. What she didn't know was that her mother had come and further explained how grateful she was to see her daughter enjoy that evening. Not just because of my cake but the fellowship... And maybe the cake helped. So this Sunday I again will make a sugar-free cake for Miss Virginia's wake. But this time I am going to be very happy and grateful to make it for her daughter and family, and her.

I certainly am more positive today than I was yesterday and I'm pretty sure that if tomorrow brings a frown - I CAN turn it around!